PROGRAMS Everyone is welcome to attend membership meetings in the Recreation Room of the YERBA County Fair Building (SFCFB) at 9 th Avenue and Lincoln Way in . The #71 and #44 buses stop at the building. The N-Judah, #6, #43, and #66 lines stop within 2 blocks. Before our BUENA programs, we take our speakers to dinner at Chang’s Kitchen, 1030 Irving Street, between 11 th and 12 th Avenues. Join us for good Chinese food and interesting conversation. Meet at the restaurant at 5:30 pm. RSVP appreciated but not required - call Jake Sigg at 415-731-3028 if you wish to notify.

FEBRUARY 7, THURSDAY 7:30 PM Forest Fire and Fungi: Losers, Winners and Strategies in the Post-fire Environment Speaker: Tom Bruns Fire is an integral part of our western forest NO PROGRAMS in December or January NEW S ecosystems, and our native plants are well known to be adapted to a variety of fire regimes that occur in our state. But what about our native fungi? Are they too adapted to fire? In this talk we will address that question by drawing from research THE YERBA BUENA conducted on the 1995 Mt Vision and the 2013 Rim fires, and from smaller scale experimental studies. CHAPTER OF THE The main finding is that that there is a small set of fungi that rebound rapidly after fire. These are CALIFORNIA typically fungi that were uncommon in the pre-fire forest, or that are entirely restricted to post-fire NATIVE PLANT settings. Most or all of these species appear to wait in the soil as spores or other propagules for decades SOCIETY FOR between fire events. The identities and roles of these fungi will be discussed. SAN FRANCISCO Tom Bruns is professor in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology at the University of California, Berkeley. He received an MS in Botany from the University of Minnesota in 1982, where he worked AND NORTHERN on insect mycophagy in the boletes, and a PhD in Botany from the University of Michigan in 1987. SAN MATEO COUNTY His publication record includes over 180 papers primarily in the fields of fungal ecology and systematics. He is best known for his work in ectomycorrhizal systems where he has contributed to our understanding Vol. 32 No. 4 December 2018 of community and population structure, spore banks, mycoheterotrophic plants, spore dispersal, and molecular method development. He has mentored 18 PhD students and 19 postdoctoral associates. CONTENTS He currently teaches three courses on mycology at Berkeley and has won the Weston Teaching Award Programs – page 1 from the Mycological Society of America in 2007, as well as the Distinguished Teaching Award from Field Trips – pages 1,2 the College of Natural Resources at UC Berkeley for his efforts. He served as president of the Mycological Activities – page 3 Society of America in 2011-2012, the president of International Mycorrhiza Society from 2015-2017, Volunteer Spotlight – page 3 and received the Distinguished Mycologist Award in 2018 from the Mycological Society of America Conservation News– page 3 for his career achievements in the field. More details on his early path into mycology can be gleaned Mountain Journal – page 4 from his interview for the Oral History for Mycology: Focus on Rarities – pages 5,6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlUeRjUTb2U. Habitat Restoration – page 6 Chapter News – page 7 FUTURE PROGRAM March 7 —Seeing the Landscape for the Trees Speaker : Tim Hyland

FIELD TRIPS AArmillariarmillaria sps p hhoneyoney mushroomm ushroom Members and non-members are encouraged to attend these FREE walks. Signups generally not required—just meet at the specified place and time. If rain or high wind is forecast, we recommend checking with the contact (listed at the end of the trip description) a couple of hours before the trip. JANUARY 19, SATURDAY 10am - 1pm : Saddle and Bog Trails Leader: Doug Allshouse This field trip is a winter staple so let’s start with an easy walk around the saddle and bog with East Bay and San Francisco views. It features grasslands, mono-cultures of gorse, a eucalyptus forest, the headwaters of Colma Creek, and a rare upland wetland. Several past restoration projects offer vivid examples of success and failure and are worth discussing. The area is rich in plant species and its eastern grasslands share plant species common to the southeast portion of the mountain such as coast iris and purple needlegrass. We may see golden violet and silver lupine, the host plants for the endangered Callippe Silverspot and Mission Blue butterflies. The bog is a wetland with sedges, rushes, cow parsnip, willows, and creek (FIELD TRIPS continued on page 2 ) FIELD TRIPS (continued) MARCH 3, SUNDAY 10am -1pm Sign Hill and Friends of Liberty Park Walk dogwood. It may be wet from winter rains so wear appropriate shoes. Leaders: Chuck and Loretta Heimstadt Bring layers because the saddle may be windy, but the bog is generally Join Chuck and Loretta for a leisurely walk up and down the beautiful sheltered. There is a $6 fee (cash or credit/debit card) for park yet sometimes steep trails and vistas of Sign Hill. We should see many admission payable at the pay station. Meet in the main lot just past the wildflowers, especially the lovely flowers of the host plant for the kiosk. Heavy rain postpones to January 26. For questions, call or text endangered Mission Blue butterfly, the silver bush lupine, as well as Doug at 415-269-9967 or email [email protected]. the coast iris, the adopted flower of the city of South San Francisco, and others. The portion of Sign Hill included in the city park is January 27, SUNDAY at 10am protected, as is the brand new Friends of Liberty Park. But much of McLaren Park Mushrooms this precious open space is still in private ownership and vulnerable Leader: Alan Rockefeller to development.Come see this treasure and appreciate its wide and Join mycologist, Alan Rockefeller, for a fungal foray in McLaren Park open views. on Sunday, January 27th. We will meet at 10:00 am at the Space is limited for this event. Email [email protected] to Amphitheater parking lot. Cancelled if no significant precipitation in reserve your spot and to receive the meeting place, which is still in January. Email [email protected] with questions. question and may be on the other side of the mountain as we will also be covering the newly acquired Friends of Liberty Park. Bring water FEBRUARY 16, SATURDAY 10am to 12.30pm & camera; please wear sturdy shoes, and dress in layers with long Hazelnut Trail pants. We ask that pets be left at home, and note these trails are often Leader: Jake Sigg too difficult for very young children. The Hazelnut Trail on Montara Mountain offers probably more diversity than any other area around here. A reason for that may be because it contains a rich mix of inland and maritime chaparral in the process of replacing a diverse grassland. Scoliopus bigelovii In the absence of frequent burning practiced by the natives, fetid adders tongue woody plants displace the grasses and wildflowers, and by Kristin Jakob you can see that process happening here. We start out from the Visitor’s Center and cross the creek coming down from Brook Falls, cross a thriving riparian woodland loaded with lush vegetation, then our ascent brings us to a couple of grasslands which will have a few early blooming wildflowers. At this time of year the glory of this trail is the woody plants and February is the perfect time to visit. Subtlety and restraint—the Japanese term shibui — characterize it. Sage greens, grays, soft browns, blue-greens, copper and an infinity of other hues and textures dominate. Most of the shrubs are still awakening from summer-autumn dormancy. Lichens are both fascinating and plentiful. Manzanitas and pink currants may be in full bloom. Hazelnuts ditto; pendent male catkins are abundant, and the sharp-eyed may spot red female flowers hiding in the axils of the branchlets—tiny but showy when you focus on them. A favorite—and locally rare—is the chinquapin, a close relative of the chestnut. The underside of its leaves are covered by a rich golden tomentum; in the right light conditions it fills the area with a warm golden glow. This area is remarkably intact in terms of native species. However, building a trail is like opening a wound, where the land is exposed to infection. The only invasive weeds we will see are along this trail. But the trail also allows the wildflowers to persist, so there is much to see continually. Because we will be strung out along a single- track trail, it is not possible to keep everyone within earshot. Therefore, we must restrict the number of people to 15. RSVP (first come, first served) and get directions at [email protected] This walk will be held rain or shine, but heavy rain postpones to February 23rd. Participants who have RSVP’d will be notified if this happens. 2 ACTIVITIES VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT PLANT ID WORKSHOPS Join us for our last plant ID workshop of 2018 on Thursday, December th Werner Schumann 13 at 6 pm. The workshops are a wonderful way to spend some time by Jake Sigg learning about plants and keying them out. I am pleased to announce that we will have four new workshops coming up in 2019 on the Our CNPS chapter volunteers have been removing invasive second Thursday in February, March, April, and May. Please mark plants from the 31 natural areas owned by the San Francisco your calendars for February 14th, March 14th, April 11th, and May Recreation and Park Department in the city weekly since 1988. 9th. As is the norm, we listen to a PowerPoint presentation that The Department’s Natural Resources Division was not formed explains a plant family's diagnostic features, its economic importance, until 1997 and we now work under its supervision. distribution, and evolutionary history among other things. We are then assisted by graduate botany students to key out live specimens. We depend on those able to come out during the weekdays: Join us for a stress-free hour and a half learning about botany. Bring those retired, between jobs, or students. Almost from the Jepson Manual Second Edition, if you have one and a loupe. We do beginning Werner Schumann established a pattern of reliability. have microscopes on hand and instruments that aid with dissection Retired from Lufthansa Airlines, he lives in Millbrae and journeys of plants. Workshops begin at 6 pm and run until 7:30 pm. The from there (by bicycle or public transit) every Wednesday—a location is San Francisco State University, Hensill Hall, Botany Lab, record of a quarter-century or more! Since we move around Room 440. Email Mila Stroganoff at [email protected] every week that takes a little planning and resourcefulness. for more information. Werner is strong on both counts and he is a champion volunteer in terms of hours contributed. NORTHERN CALIFORNIA BOTANISTS SYMPOSIUM Research and Conservation of Northern California’s There are many fewer invasive plants plaguing our wildflower Vegetation Communities areas because of him, and he sets a good example for all of us in his modes of travel. On January 14–15, 2019, Northern California Botanists will be photo: Margo Bors presenting a two-day symposium titled “Research and Conservation of Northern California’s Vegetation Communities”, to be held at California State University, Chico. The symposium will include an exciting line-up of topics ranging from vegetation and fire to Northern California botanical discoveries, a poster session, and a third day of workshops to choose from. The symposium will also include an evening reception, banquet, and keynote speaker Todd Keeler-Wolf, of California Dept. of Fish & Wildlife, addressing “Learning to be a Naturalist in Northern California”. The symposium is open to anyone: botanical enthusiasts, professionals, and students. For a detailed program and registration information, see: www.norcalbotanists.org

CONSERVATION NEWS McLAREN WORK PARTY By Jake Sigg A WIN FOR OUR NATURAL AREAS The salvation of the 31 natural areas harboring wildflowers and other By Bob Hall native plants in the city depends on a seriously understaffed RPD crew plus volunteers who aid them. CNPS has for 30 years been Big news! The San Francisco Recreation and Park Department has joining RPD staff at various sites on Wednesdays of most weeks. created two new job classifications that will improve its Natural However, lots of people are not free at that time, so at long last we Resources Division: Job Codes 3420 and 3421. Still awake? Okay, are forming a Saturday work group. on the surface it may not sound like news worth heralding but these new positions – Natural Resource Specialist and Chief Natural Resource The proposal is for CNPS members to join McLaren Park neighbors Specialist – will put passionate individuals in our Natural Areas who in their monthly work parties in this great park. This is a really good have experience in the conservation and management of natural place to start; McLaren hosts a lot of native plants, and the neighbors ecosystems, native plant communities and wildlife habitats. Prior to are eager to preserve their park. this, any gardener with enough seniority could request to work in SO…. please come join the San Francisco Recreation & Park the Natural Areas program when jobs opened up. Department’s Natural Resources Division in a recurring volunteer Chapter Conservation Chair, Jake Sigg, who helped advocate for this habitat restoration project in John McLaren Park. Explore the diversity new job classification, points out that working in our Natural Areas of San Francisco’s second largest park. Volunteer activities include requires a lot of specialized skills. Learning hundreds of native and weeding, planting, and trail maintenance. Please wear closed toed invasive plants along with restoration best practices isn’t easy or for shoes, long pants and layers. The event will occur rain or shine. Light everyone. When you think of it, this somewhat sleepy bureaucratic refreshments provided. achievement is a huge win for our parks and natural areas - and for The group meets on the second Saturday of each month at 10 am at everyone who loves them. the large parking lot at 21 John F. Shelley Drive. (If entering the park In addition to thanking Jake, the chapter would like to thank RPD going east on Mansell, pass the Philosopher’s Way Trailhead and take General Manager Phil Ginsburg as well as the union for all the hard the next right.) Please RSVP by emailing [email protected] work that went into making this change happen. or call 415-831-6330. 3 3 DOUG’S MOUNTAIN JOURNAL Himalaya blackberry (originally from Armenia) is dioecious with each floricane having male and female flowers so each cane produces fruits. A Chronicle of Natural History on San Bruno Mountain Autumn is spider time and the Labyrinth Spider ( Metepeira arizonica ) by Doug Allshouse spins one of the most fascinating webs in the Arachnid world. It’s basically a medium-sized orb web hidden inside a tangle of spider silk There is an old saying, “The more things change, the more they remain that attaches to shrubbery at many points. Inside this tangled mess is the same”. During the summer our plants were blessed with the usual an egg sac made of rolled leaves that also serves as a retreat for mom. cool moistening fog and as we anticipated our warm and sunny Indian It’s quite a sight to see numerous webs of other Labyrinth Spiders summer, September and October gave us more cool foggy days, and suspended in coffee berry bushes (they seem to have an affinity for a slight sprinkle of an autumn rain shower. The season changed, but them) forming neighborhoods. They are especially dazzling with dew the weather remained the same, and what a dichotomy from last year’s drops from the overnight fog dandling from the silk. sizzling temperatures. Lichens are weird but enchanting organisms. The visible part is a Autumn brings us shorter days by a few hours, perhaps to prepare us fungus and we all know that fungi cannot produce their own food, so for the fleeting daylight ahead in the dead of winter. Walking through they must steal it from something. Mushrooms are the fruiting bodies Fog Forest around 6:45 AM during morning twilight is a somber of fungi called mycorrhizae living underground. They form vast experience and to spy a waning moon framed by the silhouette of tree networks that supply tree roots with water and minerals. In exchange branches just adds a bit of excitement to the morning chill. Then as they steal sugars from the roots. Lichens team up with algae or sunrise approaches just 15 minutes later the sun fires up the clouds cyanobacteria that photosynthesize photons into sugars. A symbiotic to give us a wildly-different sensation with shades of peach and blue. relationship forms whereby the fungus supplies a place for the algae to live and the fungus consumes bits of the algae as food. We now know that a third organism must be present for this relationship to form, the wingman is a yeast. This tidbit was just uncovered recently by an amateur lichenologist. The fall migration is underway with warblers and hawks passing through. I start looking for our birds that overwinter here around the end of September. I heard my last Swainson’s Thrush on September 16 and on October 4, I heard my first Fox Sparrow and Hermit Thrush. We mostly have Sooty Fox Sparrows that are a darker race. The Hermits can skulk in the bushes, but they become more emboldened as winter comes along, so they’re not as secretive as the Swainson’s tends to be. They have a rustier-brown head and back than the Swainson’s Thrush. Six days later, on the 10 th , I heard my first Varied Thrush and have heard a few more each day. I’m still waiting on the Kinglets and the Townsend’s and Yellow-rumped Warblers as FFrangularangula californicac alifornica well as a White-throated Sparrow or two to round out the roster. I ccoffeeoffee berryb erry had a huge surprise this year with a pair of Western Bluebirds that bbyy DebraD ebra L.L . CookC ook hung around my hill. I would expect them around Woodside in central San Mateo County where there are nesting boxes, horse farms, horse Fall is also the beginning of Nature’s berry bonanza, much to the manure, and lots of flies to eat but not around here. delight of migrating birds. Coffee berry flashes berries in various And lastly, a pair of coyotes were hunting on the hill behind my house stages of development from immature green and pale yellow to starting around March or April. I noticed that the male had a blue tag deliciously-ripe black. Although they are edible, caution must be in his right ear and a radio collar around his neck. There was a smaller exercised not to eat too many because the tribe worldwide is used female with him. I contacted Jonathan Young, Wildlife Ecologist at for their laxative effect. The common name is derived from the seeds the Presidio and right away he knew about this dog. In Jonathan’s that, when dried, look like green coffee beans. There is loose evidence words: “We had a young male we tagged in 2016 who ended up at that Native Americans roasted them and made a coffee-like beverage only to be captured by Animal Care and Control, brought from them. If so, I wonder if the practice was learned before the back and released in the Presidio only to return back to Coit Tower. diaspora of humans from Africa, specifically those from Ethiopia. Unfortunately, during ACC’s capturing his collar was damaged and I have an admitted soft spot for creek dogwood. Along with poison malfunctioned soon after release. He went “off-line” almost a year oak, dogwood is one of the most photogenic species on the Mountain. ago. He was hanging around Coit Tower with another pack, including It literally disappeared when Guadalupe Canyon Parkway was built, pups that we believe he did not father. Neighbors in the area were and Colma Creek was decimated and buried in spots. Today it flourishes keeping us posted on his presence. He was originally tagged with a along the creek and in many wet spots along the Bog Trail. The deeply- right blue and left yellow ear tag. Based on a few pictures that were veined leaves, flowers and bluish-white berries never cease to draw sent to me from Coit Tower, it looked like he lost his left yellow tag. not only my attention, but my camera’s lens as well. As we get closer He has not been seen in the city in at least 6 months and I assumed to winter the bark of creek dogwood turns a brighter red becoming he was killed by a car and died in some bushes somewhere… there the super-star attraction after the leaves have fallen. are no other coyote collaring programs in the bay area. This must be Our two blackberry vines are also good candidates for autumn him. Perhaps with a mate? Please keep me posted on any observations photography. Both sprout from perennial roots and produce a biennial you make of him.” cane. The primal cane grows rapidly, producing a leaf with 3 leaflets Sadly, he was killed on Guadalupe Canyon Parkway on June 20. The on the native and 5 leaflets on the non-native. Toward the end of the female has been hunting on the hill and hangs out around the northern first year both species’ primal canes begin to produce floricanes, or part of Village-in-the-Park near the intersection of South Hill Blvd flowering canes, with leaves having 3-leaflets. Our native California and my street, Alta Vista Way. blackberry is monecious, having floricanes that are either female or See you on the Mountain... male, with the female floricanes producing the fruits. The non-native 4 FOCUS ON RARITIES Common reed produces copious amounts of seed which are transported by wind, water, Common Reed and humans. Sections of rhizomes and stolons Phragmites australis are also transported by water and humans. In by Michael Wood the eastern U.S., the native lineage of common As my wife and I continue our travels, most reed has been largely replaced by the invasive recently around Andalucia, southern Spain, lineage, although it persists in scattered and currently in Provence, southeastern locations throughout its historic range France, we’ve seen vast stands of common (Swearingen and Saltonstall, 2010). reed. I have often wondered about the status This latter lineage is the one causing all the of common reed as a California native species, trouble in North America. So much so, for given that in other parts of the country it is example, that it is considered Canada’s worst regarded as a highly invasive species. This is invasive plant. Like giant reed, common reed more than just an academic question as it is spreads rapidly and aggressively, forming considered a locally significant species in our dense stands that exclude native plants and chapter area. wildlife and turning once biologically diverse Common reed is the quintessential wetlands into monocultures. Once established, cosmopolitan plant, occurring on every common reed can alter wetland ecosystems continent except Antarctica. It is considered by disrupting wetland hydrology, increasing one of the most widespread seed plants on fire potential, and reducing wetland wildlife the planet (Barkworth, et al., 2003). In the habitat. U.S., it occurs in every state except Alaska, Based on genetic analysis, both the native and and in California it has been collected in 34 non-native lineages are present in California of the state’s 58 counties. Common reed is and may overlap (Saltonstall, 2002). It is most commonly found on wet, muddy, or unclear if it was historically present in all flooded ground around ponds, marshes, lakes, by seed as well as by underground stolons regions of the state. Although sometimes springs, and irrigation ditches. It occurs in and rhizomes. Although individual stems live problematic in California, due to the freshwater, brackish and saline conditions. In for about eight years, clones are long-lived uncertainty of which stands represent the California, common reed is usually associated and have been reported to persist as long as native genotype, common reed has not been with freshwater and alkali wetlands, but it is 1,000 years (Rudescu, et al., 1965, cited in assigned any status as an invasive species by also found in such upland habitats as creosote Swearingen and Saltonstall, 2010). the California Invasive Plant Council (Cal- bush scrub, yellow pine forest, foothill IPC). Scientists with Cal-IPC have not been woodland, chaparral, and valley grassland at There are three separate lineages of common able to develop an invasiveness score for the elevations from sea level to 1600 m/5250 ft. reed in North America (Saltonstall, 2002). species, and mapping of native strains has not Common reed has a remarkably wide range The endemic subspecies ( Phragmites australis been possible. of climatic tolerances, growing in climates subsp. americanus ) was historically widespread throughout Canada and most of the U.S. In theory, the native and non-native lineages ranging from semiarid to arid desert, sub- of common reed can be distinguished by humid to humid continental, and subtropical, except for the Southeast. Based on preserved remains found in the American Southwest, several morphological features. For a detailed and in regions where the average winter discussion of the distinguishing traits, see temperatures are as low as -39 °C/-39 °F or common reed has been present at least for the past 40,000 years, and in coastal habitats Swearingen and Saltonstall (2010). I have where the average summer temperatures are never tried to key out common reed, but as high as 46 °C/115 °F. preserved rhizomes have been found that are 3,000-4,000 years old (Swearingen and based on a review of the key and its use of A member of the grass family (Poaceae), Saltonstall, 2010). This tells us, of course, overlapping characteristics, distinguishing the common reed belongs to the Panicoideae that common reed was present in North native from the non-native lineages may be subfamily and the Arundineae tribe. The America long before European colonization. an unrewarding endeavor. nomenclature for Phragmites australis has In San Francisco, common reed (under its undergone many revisions. In fact, the species The so-called ‘Gulf Coast’ lineage ( P.a . subsp. berlandieri ) occurs across the southern U.S. synonym P. communis ) was included in the San has some 130 synonyms, including one placing Francisco flora (Howell, et al., 1958), based it in the same genus as that bane of western from California to Florida, along the Gulf Coast of Mexico, in South America, and on on a record from 1880. The authors noted riparian systems giant reed ( Arundo donax ). that it would be expected elsewhere in marshy Also known by its Spanish name carrizo, the Southern Pacific Islands; it is of uncertain heritage and may or may not be indigenous. places in the southern and eastern parts of common reed is an erect perennial grass the city. However, there are no vouchers for growing 2-5 m/6-15 ft tall. The stout, hollow The third lineage ( P.a. subsp . australis ) comes the species from San Francisco listed in the and leafy stems range in diameter from 0.5- from Europe. It is thought to have been Consortium of California Herbaria. Until 1 cm/0.2-0.4 in and remain standing year- introduced to North America in the late 1700s starting this article, I had assumed that the round. The simple, entire leaves are flat, 10- or early 1800s when seed and/or rhizome only patch of common reed left in San 60 cm/4-20 in long and 1-6 cm/0.4-2 in sections were carried to Atlantic ports in the Francisco was on the east side of Brotherhood wide. Leaves develop on only one side of the ballast of ships. It first became established Way. Jake Sigg informed me that it also once stem. The flowers of common reed form on along the eastern seaboard then spread occurred in an impoundment at the south end many-branched panicles at the terminal end westward. Over the course of the 20th of and that it was very likely the of the stems. The easily recognizable plume- century, infestations became particularly native subspecies, as noted by Peter Rubtzoff like inflorescences are 15-50 cm/6-20 in long, noticeable around the Great Lakes and Atlantic himself. But Randy Zebell with the City’s and in California appear from July through states. Because the native and non-native taxa Natural Areas Program has reported that November. Common reed produces dense are so similar, the spread of the introduced common reed is no longer present at either stands, spreading aggressively in suitable sites subspecies went unnoticed (Gucker, 2008). site. This means, sadly, that yet another taxon 5 (RARITIES continued on page 6 ) HABITAT RESTORATION Golden Gate National Recreation Area Pacifica’s Environmental Family Weekdays and weekends around the Bay Area. Various opportunities. See events calendar: Alemany Natives at Alemany Farms Contact [email protected] or 415- http://www.pacificasenvironmentalfamily.org Community workdays held from Noon to 5pm 561-3044 every 1st & 3rd Sunday of the month and the Palou Phelps Park Saturdays in-between, plus every Monday Golden Gate Park Nursery 1st Saturdays, seasonally. 10am-1pm afternoon from 1:00-5:00. Contact 1st Saturdays, every month. 9:30am-12:30pm Contact [email protected] [email protected] Contact [email protected] San Bruno Mountain Bayview Hill Golden Gate Park Oak Woodlands Guadalope Valley Stewards, Tuesdays 10am-12pm; 2nd Saturday, every other month. Contact 2nd Saturdays, every month. 10:00am-12:30pm Mission Blue Nursery, Wednesdays, 10am- [email protected] Contact [email protected] 12:30pm; Stewardship Saturdays, 10am-1pm; South San Francisco Weed Warriors, last Fridays Bernal Hill Green Hairstreak Corridor, Golden Gate rd and Saturdays of the month, 9am-noon. See events 2 Saturdays, every month. 10am-noon. Contact Heights calendar mountainwatch.org [email protected] Periodically. Contact [email protected] SF Recreation and Parks Candlestick Point State Park Nursery Half Moon Bay State Beach st Volunteer calendar: 1 Saturdays, every month. 10am-1pm Various restoration and nursery opportunities. http://sfrecpark.org/support-your- Contact Patrick Marley Rump at Contact email [email protected] parks/volunteer-program/ [email protected]. Heron’s Head Park San Mateo County Parks Candlestick Point Recreation Area Various opportunities at nd Stewardship Core calendar 2 Saturdays, every month http://sfport.com/herons-head-park http://parks.smcgov.org/smc-parks-stewardship- Contact Patrick Marley Rump at . Linda Mar Beach, Pacifica corps [email protected] Visit pacificabeachcoalition.org Save the Bay Corona Heights Marin Headlands Native Plant Nursery Various opportunities Last Saturdays, every month. 10am-noon. Contact Weekdays and weekends. Contact (415) 561-3044 https://www.savesfbay.org/volunteer [email protected] or [email protected] Starr-King Open Space Friends of San Pedro Valley Park: McLaren Park 2nd Saturdays every month, 9:30am-noon. Visit Trail Restoration nd nd 2 Saturdays every month, 10am-noon. Contact starrkingopenspace.org 2 Saturdays 9 am - 12 pm, every month, meet [email protected] in front of Visitor Center Tennessee Valley Restoration McKinley Square Hillside 2nd ,4 th & 5 th Tuesdays, 10am-2pm. Friends of San Pedro Valley Park: Habitat Visit parksconservancy.org Restoration 3rd Saturdays, 10am-12:30pm. Contact 3rd Saturdays 9 am - noon, every month, meet [email protected] Yerba Buena Chapter Restoration Team in front of Visitor Center Wednesdays, noon-3pm. Contact Jake Sigg at Mission Creek South Bank [email protected] Generally Saturday mornings. Contact Ginny Wednesdays & 3 rd Saturdays, every month. 9am- Stearns for times. Call 415-552-4577 or -11:30am. Contact [email protected] [email protected] Golden Gate Audubon Society Mt. Sutro Various opportunities: Wednesdays 9:30am-12:30pm at the nursery; 1st https://goldengateaudubon.org/volunteer/ and 3rd Saturdays 9:00am-1pm, visit sutrostewards.org

RARITIES (continued) (Producer). Available online at https://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/graminoid/phraus has become extirpated from San Francisco. /all.html#195 Due to its limited occurrence in San Francisco and based on the Howell, J.T., P.H. Raven, and P. Rubtzoff. 1958. A Flora of San assumption that ours is indeed the native subspecies, common reed Francisco, California. Univ. of San Francisco. 157 pp. was included on our chapter’s list of locally significant species. Using Lambert, A.M., Saltonstall, K., Long, R. et al. 2016. Biogeography the criteria we developed, it is currently rated as an A-2 species, of Phragmites australis lineages in the southwestern United States. requiring that any potential project impacts be evaluated pursuant to Biol Invasions (2016) 18: 2597. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530- the California Environmentally Quality Act (CEQA). Now that we 016-1164-8 suspect that common reed has been extirpated, it will be elevated to a rating of A-1. I hope all of you native plant enthusiasts out there will Saltonstall, K. 2002. Cryptic invasion by a non-native genotype of the keep common reed on your radar. Let me know if it turns up. common reed, Phragmites australis, into North America. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Feb, 99 (4) 2445-2449. Available Literature Cited online at http://www.pnas.org/content/99/4/2445 Barkworth, Mary E.; Capels, Kathleen M.; Long, Sandy; Piep, Michael Swearingen, J. and K. Saltonstall. 2010. Phragmites Field Guide: B., eds. 2003. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume Distinguishing Native and Exotic Forms of Common Reed 25: Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Poaceae, part 2. New (Phragmites australis) in the United States. Plant Conservation York: Oxford University Press. 783 p. Available online at Alliance, Weeds Gone Wild. Available online at http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/ https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_PLANTMATERIAL Gucker, Corey L. 2008. 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